Q 01/05
A) A gosling
B) A duckling
C) A cygnet
D) A pullet
Answer · why
From the Latin via Old French; an adult male is a cob and an adult female a pen.
Q 02/05
A) A drake
B) A cob
C) A gander
D) A tom
Answer · why
The word comes from Middle English 'cobbe', leader of a group; the female is a pen.
Q 03/05
A) A gaggle or a skein
B) A murder or a rook
C) A bevy or a wedge
D) A parliament
Answer · why
'Wedge' usually describes swans in V-formation flight; 'bevy' is the general term.
Q 04/05
A) Six
B) Three
C) Twelve
D) Twenty
Answer · why
The South American coscoroba swan carries the name but is no longer counted as a true swan.
Q 05/05
A) Rallidae
B) Anatidae
C) Gruidae
D) Ardeidae
Answer · why
Swans and geese together form the subfamily Anserinae; the swan genus is Cygnus.
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